Antialias on JLabels

> I found this line very interesting:

> $ java -jar lib/application.jar -Dswing.aatext=true

>

> But exactly where do I put it? :D

You put it right there on the command line, when you invoke the JVM and run your application. It's defining a system property that the Swing libraries check to see that you want to do global antialiasing.

kevjavaa at 2007-7-12 20:01:16 >

> So everyone that wants to run my program has to use

> that line ?

You can override the paintComponent() method to use anti-aliasing.

JLabel myLabel = new JLabel()

{

public void paintComponent(Graphics g)

{

Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;

g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,

RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);

super.paintComponent(g2);

}

};

That should do the trick.

CaptainMorgan08a at 2007-7-12 20:01:16 >

> Yeah I've tried this one and it works. But It's a lot

> of extra code to type that everytime I make a JLabel.

> Is there a way to make a method of it?

Then you can make your own class that overrides the method. That way you would only need to type.

AntiAliasedLabel myLabel = new AntiAliasedLabel("...");

CaptainMorgan08a at 2007-7-12 20:01:16 >